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***** popping out..What's the big deal???.....must be with 161 replies so far....:(.....NT

Feb 4, 2004 10:50PM PST

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You'll have to refresh my memory Dave, I didn't see where
Feb 6, 2004 1:22PM PST

the change in subject occurred. Last time I noticed, Ian was referring to what happened at the half time show. I must be getting too old and losing wisdom.

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Deliberate misinterpretation is YOUR fort
Feb 6, 2004 5:52AM PST

that and readins what is not written and not reading what was.

False accusations are another of your strong points as is your predictable non-response when such are pointed out.

"Get real. There are people in the world who do not consider what happened to be bad, and we are not all perverts."

And there are some who would not find the normal curiosity of a youngster taking a look at a porn site all bad either but you insinuate that such people are unfit and (unlike you) couldn't get a "blue card" to have in their pocket while they watch or point others to "young girls on horse rides". Yes Ian, get real PLEASE!

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Excuse me?
Feb 6, 2004 7:41AM PST

I didn't say what you should believe.

Charlie implied that anyone "older" by his definition couldn't understand the issue if they thought it was wrong.

Viewing something differently doesn't make you too dumb to understand what the other is saying, or doing, it means you disagree.

The grit of his stance is that anyone that disagreed with someone younger about what was proper or not about body exposure and public behavior just didn't have the faculities to understand it.

"Deliberately misinterpreting anything Charlie says to make yourself a hero "

I guess that is your opinion of my disagreeing that an older person having a different opinion prove he/she doesn't understand the issue? Regarding who is and isnt' a pervert, I've avoided most of those long impossible to understand what the hell was going on threads.

We almost all hope to get old. So why so often do people look down on anyone a decade or so older? So if you don't want to be thought too dense to understand something when you disagree with your grandkids, it's best not to live that long I guess.

Nonsense.

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Once again...
Feb 6, 2004 9:43AM PST
"Charlie implied that anyone "older" by his definition couldn't understand the issue if they thought it was wrong. - RogerNC

Once again you seem to have preferential right of interpretation of MY posts...
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(NT)If it makes you happy C. Thunell, I infer you implied, still reads that way to me.
Feb 6, 2004 10:09AM PST

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Age discrimination? lol
Feb 5, 2004 11:57PM PST

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Maybe they ARE getting old...
Feb 6, 2004 1:57AM PST

RogerNC reads every single post I make in order to find any little fraction of a word to pick on, so I am not surprised about his reply. RogerNC is using the same tactics as was Ed before, just as Ian stated earlier here. Some people don't have enough to do. Maybe they ARE getting old...

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poor C, ..
Feb 6, 2004 6:10AM PST

you have an extremely exagerated sense of self importance totally unrelated to reality.

I happen to read most everyone's posts but there are some that simply demand an acknowledgement of the poster's ignorance of a subject or lack of facts and reliance on imagination. If yours happen to fall in that area (quite often) then you should expect the responses you crave.

Since you invoked his name, Ian is simply upset because he was constantly trading feet and unable to face the proofs he asked for because they invariably proved him wrong.

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Don't delude yourself too much, C. Thunell
Feb 6, 2004 7:50AM PST

I read most posts most days, though I get behind when working OT.

I use the new format basically to limit when speakeasy is extremely busy. I try to read what is posted on the front page. I occasionally save links, esp ones to threads I'm involved in, to find the thread later.

"RogerNC reads every single post I make in order to find any little fraction of a word to pick on..."

Really? news to me, I'll have to pay more attention. It seems to me there are lots of your posts I don't respond, some that I dislike but just write off as your right to express yourself.

And I am getting older. Even with it's downsides, I prefer it to the alternatives. Don't you? don't know how old you are. I don't know how old exactly most here are. Some have expressed things that pins their age pretty good, others haven't. If it helps you any, I don't mind telling, I'll be 50 later this year. Does that make me too feeble minded to have the right to object when someone insults my parents and grandparents. Or insults me if 50 is old to you.

To quote someone elsewhere on line, thrupttttttttttt.


roger

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However C. Thunell, I'll try to live up to your expectations if you insist.
Feb 6, 2004 8:32AM PST

Afterall, according to you, the only thing I have to do is "RogerNC reads every single post I make in order to find any little fraction of a word to pick on, so I am not surprised about his reply.", so I guess I should practice and not disappoint you.

roger

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So I take you agree that anyone upset by this must be incapable of understaiding it?
Feb 6, 2004 7:43AM PST

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(NT)BTW, you found most of the posts here very immature? another jab?
Feb 5, 2004 8:09PM PST

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Hysterical, Immature, Outdated, Puritanical, Over Reacting, ad nauseum.
Feb 6, 2004 1:26AM PST

You know all the ridiculing catch words and phrases tossed out by those determined to overthrow moral values in just about any country.

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Interesting concept. Wisdom is at its maximum when you are young and declines with age.
Feb 6, 2004 1:48AM PST

You ought to copyright that one. Happy

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Re:Interesting concept. Wisdom is at its maximum when you are young and declines with age.
Feb 6, 2004 3:45AM PST

Hi, KP.

Remember the story of the righteous man who said he kept all the Commandments, and wanted to know what else he should do to assure his salvation? "Sell all you have and give to the poor," he was told. He shook his head, and walked sadly away. Bet if he'd been a much younger man with a lot fewer possessions, they wouldn't have gotten in his way. In other words, many "sell out" our ideals as they age. Sort of like Churchill's comment about a conservative at 20 having no heart, and a liberal at 60 (?) having no brain. Given my social status, I ought to be far-right -- but I still pretty much believe what I did at 20, tempered a bit by experience (no longer a complete pacifist, for example, and recognize capitalism as the worst possible economic system -- excepting all others!)

-- Dave K.
Speakeasy Moderator
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The opinions expressed above are my own,
and do not necessarily reflect those of CNET!

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Ummmmmmmmm, Dave, I hate to say this, but
Feb 6, 2004 6:33AM PST

he is described as the rich, young, ruler. Sorry to ruin your whole thesis.

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Truly amazing...
Feb 6, 2004 8:42AM PST

...how quickly one's argument can fall so quickly, LOL.

THUD!

Dave, time to get out that Bible, blow the dust off and read it again.

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Re:Re:Interesting concept. Wisdom is at its maximum when you are young and declines with age.
Feb 6, 2004 7:56AM PST

I thought the parable was about the problems of wealth. Silly me, I didn't know it meant you had to be young and poor to be a good Christian.

BTW, most wouldn't consider me a praticularly good Christian since I'm not active in any organized sect.

And just because someone opinions change as they age doesn't mean they sold out, your phrase in the past useage.

If no one ever change their mind about anything as they learned from life, I wonder if we'd still inhabit this world, much less a society where people can disagree, occasionally even disagree civilly.